August 30, 2024 In a message to celebrate Trinidad and Tobago’s sixty-second anniversary of Independence on 31 August, CARICOM Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett lauds the country’s contribution in the international…
Category: CARIBBEAN NEWS AND POLITICS
Jamaica’s Clarke to IMF
By: Staff Writer August 27, 2024 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday named Jamaican Finance Minister Nigel Clarke to a top post at the agency, after the official spearheaded…
Haiti further deteriorates, 5M facing food insecurity
By: Staff Writer August 27, 2024 A new United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) report said that 5 million are facing food insecurity as the political…
US sanctions former Haitian president Martelly
By: Staff Writer August 23, 2024 The United States Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in a release earlier this week said they have sanctioned former Haitian president…
STATEMENT from the Eminent Persons Group (EPG)| Following the Visit to Haiti, 11-16 August 2024
August 23, 2024 In response to an invitation from the President of the Transitional Presidential Council (TPC) and calls from stakeholders, the CARICOM Eminent Persons Group (EPG) made an in-person…
Experts Chart Pathways for Peace in Haiti at Caribbean Development Bank Annual Meeting
August 23, 2024 In a significant move to address Haiti’s ongoing crisis, experts at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)’s 54th Annual Meeting outlined strategies for restoring stability and fostering peace…
From Passion to Purpose: Revolutionizing E-Learning in the Caribbean
August 20, 2024 Turning your passion into a business is one of the best ways to ensure you create a company that you can be proud of and that will…
Jamaican Consul General to NY Alsion Wilson promotes Caribbean investment
August 20, 2024 Jamaica’s Consul General to New York, Alsion Wilson, says Jamaica and the Caribbean is ripe for investment and called for more concrete efforts from the United States…
Journalist Laura Trevelyan calls for urgent preservation of the Caribbean’s endangered historical archives
August 20, 2024 Former BBC journalist Laura Trevelyan says the British government and its leading research institutions should make a financial commitment to preserve endangered archives in the Caribbean. Speaking…
Hurricane Ernesto has Bermuda in its sights
By: Staff Writer August 16, 2024 Hurricane Ernesto is on its way to Bermuda after lashing Puerto Rico with 85 mph winds and ha a trajectory to head all the…
Jamaica in State of Emergency amid weekend massacre. Suspect killed by police
By: Staff Writer August 16, 2024 Jamaica is under a State of Emergency for 14 days amid fears of escalating violence emanating from the Clarendon Parish as a result of…
New Canadian citizen compelled to create a successful Afro-Caribbean festival
August 16, 2024 Elisa Butoyi is hoping to share a part of his culture with North Bay this September. Butoyi, a native of Rwanda, became a Canadian citizen in the…